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Feb 7, 2026

China Upgrades AI Road-Warning System as Snow Threatens Holiday Traffic

China Upgrades AI Road-Warning System as Snow Threatens Holiday Traffic
With a cold wave sweeping central and eastern China, the China Academy of Safety Science & Technology and navigation giant Amap have upgraded the “Eagle Eye Guardian” early-warning platform ahead of the peak Spring-Festival exodus. The AI-driven system now fuses real-time meteorological feeds, BeiDou positioning and crowd-sourced braking data to predict sudden road hazards within minutes and push alerts to drivers’ smartphones.

The enhancement focuses on heavy-vehicle safety: new algorithms lengthen braking-distance alerts for trucks in snow or sleet, a critical step as self-drive trips are expected to account for 80 percent of the projected 9.5 billion passenger journeys this season. Authorities say the platform has already issued 11.2 billion warnings since its soft launch four months ago.

China Upgrades AI Road-Warning System as Snow Threatens Holiday Traffic


For corporate mobility programmes, the upgrade offers a measurable risk-mitigation tool for employees driving between Tier-1 cities and inland industrial parks during the holiday period. Fleet managers can integrate the API into telematics dashboards, enabling duty-of-care teams to reroute staff before congestion or accidents occur.

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Logistics firms moving just-in-time components for post-holiday restarts are also eyeing the data feed to adjust dispatch windows, thereby reducing potential weather-related delays at border crossings and coastal ports.
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